0001341004-07-000494 Sample Contracts

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER among AQUILA, INC., GREAT PLAINS ENERGY INCORPORATED, GREGORY ACQUISITION CORP. and BLACK HILLS CORPORATION Dated as of February 6, 2007

Agreement and Plan of Merger • February 8th, 2007 • Great Plains Energy Inc • Electric services • Delaware

• Contract Type
  Agreement and Plan of Merger
• Filed
  February 8th, 2007
• Company
  Great Plains Energy Inc
• Industry
  Electric services
• Jurisdiction
  Delaware

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER, dated as of February 6, 2007 (this “Agreement”), among Aquila, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), Great Plains Energy Incorporated, a Missouri corporation (“Parent”), Gregory Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”), and Black Hills Corporation, a South Dakota corporation (the “Asset Purchaser”).